5 Easy Ways To Stop Double Bogeys From Your GOLF GAME

5 Golf Facts to Help You STOP Making Doubles, Bogeys & Triples! ⛳
Liam’s on the course at Chorlton-cum-Hardy Golf Club, breaking down 5 key facts (brought to you by our channel sponsor Shot Scope) that could seriously help you clean up your scorecard.

Whether you’re sick of double bogeys, frustrated by bogeys, or haunted by the odd triple — these stats-backed tips might be exactly what you need to lower your scores without overhauling your swing.

🎯 What you’ll learn:
✔️ Where most amateurs lose shots
✔️ What habits lead to big numbers
✔️ How to play smarter and avoid disaster holes

This isn’t guesswork — it’s real data from thousands of golfers, made simple and easy to apply.

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Welcome down to another video. Today I’m at my home chamom where I am going to show you how to stop making double and triple borgies with the help from our channel partners shot scope. I have got facts and stats and I’m going to give you five facts to stop you making doubles and triple bogies. Let’s start with fact one and we’ll stop this triple and bogies straight away. Come on. Right? You won’t believe this, but people who struggle to break 100 lose eight shots off the first te. Let’s forget this number. Make it number one. We’re starting at Chon Kamadi on this par five. 530 yards where I got a ditch. The ditch is here. You need 195 yards to carry that. So, we’re into a two club wind today. So it’s like, wow, that’ll be stupid trying to carry that cuz if you go in it straight away, you’re bringing your triple bogey into play. So we’re going to try and aim here. So we if we go a bit right, we’re fine. Go a bit left, we’re fine. Go straight, we’re perfect. We’re going to do this with a seven iron. Yes, a seven iron. And the plan is seven iron left. It won’t go in the ditch. We can move on from there and get a bogey. A bogey on this hole at 530 yards is fantastic. So 7 iron left and me handicap joking apart is 8.7. But I do know with common sense this is the player and we’ve already showed you with facts and figures with the stats from our friends at Shot Scope. What harm is that doing there? No harm whatsoever there. That is in play. And I can just go plop plop plop. Get on the green for four. Two put borgi. Run away. If I took driver there and try to take that on, boom. There it is. There’s your doubles. There’s your triples. Right. Number two. Now, the next one or two minutes are going to save you loads and loads of shots. It’s chipping. Now, people who can’t break 100 or get more tripbles and doubles, it’s all about chipping. You cannot get up and down, you’re going to believe this. 10 times, you only get up and down twice. And it’s because of these lofted. Everyone says get these lofted wedges. Well, in cases you need them, but in cases like this, you don’t. People have 60s, 56, 52. I only carry a 56 and a 52. Going to chuck this ball down here. get my pitching wedge because you don’t need these. They are killing your game. Right. Look at this scenario. I’ve come up short on this par three. Got this massive bunker looking at me. Pins at back. How many of you would be getting your 60 and 56? Lords. I just got a pitching wedge. Pitching wedge has got more than enough loft. There’s loads of green work with now in like I said in the next two minutes I’m going to show you a massive massive common sense tip what will blow your mind. And I got it from when I were cadding from Daniel Gavin, a twotime winner on the European tour or DP World Tour as it’s called. Right. Pitching wedge. All I want is get it on the green in two pot there. There’s more and more loft here. I don’t have to try anything. There’s loads of loft in a pitching wedge. I don’t need these specialist wedges there. So with that, clear the bunker by miles. Now I’ve got a put for par. Right, you just learned something there. You don’t always need these lofted clubs. Now let me show you another scenario. Then I’m going to show you this mega tip. Okay, I brought you to this brilliant scenario. Now we’ve already worked out. Get rid of the lofted wedges. But you need to find a friend. You’ve got to find like your best friend or your brother or anything like that. Still got my pitching wedge and I’ve got an eight iron. It might be a nine iron, might be a seven iron, but the shot’s still the same. And the shot is this. Forget them lofted wedges. Short on this par four. All you want to do is stop these doubles and triples. Get it on the green. So the fastest way to get it on the green is keep it low for the door. Put it high. Going to cry. I’ll cry if it starts levering it down in a minute. But I think we might be all right. So all I’m doing is a putting stroke with my pitching wedge. And there she’s on the green. That’s all we said. We want to be on the green. Doesn’t matter if it’s short or big. Long as it’s on the green and putting again. my pitching wedge. That’s a nice one. Right now, I’m going to use the AI, but it’s exactly the same putting stroke. Is that rain come? Oh, yeah. Hope you’re getting some out of this. Now, watch this putting stroke. Nothing crazy. It’s not even a big stroke. Look at that. It’s on. Yes, it’s middle of green, but it’s on. Want to do one more before the rain comes. You can’t really duff this shot. That’s a good shot. If you don’t hit that ball, that’s a cracking shot, I tell you. So, again, get yourself a best friend. Now, when the raid stops, I’m going to show you that tip from Davin Gavins, a twotime DP world player and once I cing for him, that’s how I know the tip. Right, here we go. This is a beautiful tip and it’s all about being aware of your surroundings. What kind of lie you’ve got could affect you. Right, I’ve got this horrible upper lie. If I got my 56, now this is a tip from when I caddy in Daniel Gavins. Because of the lie, I know the club’s going to hit the ball. I’m probably a good chance I’m either going to thin the tits off it or go under it because the loft gets added. So this 56 now will could be a 60. If I try and take this shot with a 64 or a 60, it’s going to turn into a 64. So this will end up going either through or filling the tits off it. Right. So, I told you my happy club is my pitching wedge. Now, my pitching wedge will be turned into like a 56 because of this lie. So, I know now it’s a 56, but it’s my happy club. But what I do know it’s got enough loft to cover this. So, all I’m going to do is again putting stroke, soft hands, and anywhere on the green. There you go. Nice. That’s on the green. Got a chance for P. But more importantly, I ain’t going to get a double or a triple, right? A iron. Now, if you learn anything, the AI note is like a pitching wedge because of the lie of the land. Now, again, a time comes out a tad lower. It’s going to get released, don’t it? That and it’s mad. The A’s turned out better in the last two examples than my pitching wedge, which is my favorite. So hopefully that will stop you getting triples and doubles. Get the right club. Get rid of them lofted wedges unless you have to use it and go over somewhere. Remember the words, make it high, you’re going to cry. Keep it low. Get the doll. Right. Number three. Now this is the one is the easiest way to lower that score. Get rid of the doubles and triples cuz it I’ll do the stats. people on who shoot 95 and 100. This happens a lot. So with shot scope starts, it’s this. It’s free put. So look, I’m on the green. I’m buzzing. It’s it short. My distance is a bit crap. Free putting. Are you ready for the facts and stats? You’re going to have five free puts a round. Five. That’s a lot. That is a lot of free puts. So Dave the Pro from THR Kamadi give us this drill. It’s called a gate drill. I’m going to show you quickly and it’s brilliant for learning distance and for your lag putting because you don’t need no technique. You just need a couple of minutes. It’s dead easy. It’s called the gate drill. Watch this. Right. This drill is from our resident pro. This will help you with your lag putting. Definitely stop your three points. It’s got nothing to do with technique. I’ve got six golf balls. It’s all you need. Set them up at 6 foot, 20 foot, 30 foot. And you just got to get them through the gate. That’s all. Making my foot past the gate. So you can practice this dead easy. So there, that’s through the gate. Second one. I want it through the second gate. Perfect. Now I want to get this one through the third gate. Has it got it? Is it a hill there? Is it a hill there? So I’ve not got it. just maybe. So do that and that’ll help you with your lag putting and it’ll make you stop free putting five times. Stop it now. It’s easy. Warning you. Do this right. Number four. This next stat is horrible. People who don’t break 100 95 and also have doubles and triples. It’s because of this. in a round of golf five times. Yes, five. You miss it from 54. And all you’ve got to do is think. Think. Doesn’t matter about the line. Doesn’t matter about the line. You want to be a foot past. If they go in, great. If they don’t, they’ve got a chance of going in. Cuz if I’ve got the line and it goes here, they’re never going in. Five. Five. You miss five of the And I’m giving myself six foot here. So, all this is about don’t be short. Oh, I’ve got one. But it weren’t short, were it? Never short them. It’s dead easy. Don’t be short. Do not be short. Don’t curl the lip out. Cuz if you’re short, what happens? Watch. It was online if I hit it. But it doesn’t matter. I could do this putt 10 times, not five, 10, and it will not go in. But if I do a putt a foot and a half pass, it could go in 10 out of 10 because it’s got enough legs for get there. The saying is never up, never in. Exactly what I’m trying to say. Five times. Remember these five foot puts. Pretend it’s a sixoot put and aim for a foot past the hole. Right on to the last. Number five. I have left this to last because it’s an Achilles heel of mine. It’s the 75 yard shot in. If you’re new to the channel, welcome. Make sure you subscribe. But if you’re not new to the channel, you know I struggle with this. So, all the good players will be in a 56 and attacking the pin. Simple as that. All the single handicappers, I’m 8.6 and I struggle with this shot. So the stats say people who struggle to break 95 and 100 lose six shots per round. If I’m here, if I lose this ball to the right in the bunker, I’m short on this par five, I might not get up and down. Two port, there’s your double. Fin it out the bunker. Pull it left. Could be shortsided if I miss a green. I’ll show you an example in a bit. So I’ve already mentioned I’ve got my pitching wedge, my favorite friend, and me eight iron. I’m going to do two each. I’ve got five balls. I’m going to do two each. So, this is just an arm shot. All I’m thinking about is left of the pin. Green’s my friend. Left of the pin. Forget the bunker. I’m happy just getting this on the green. That’s the standard of my player. I am a single handicap golfer. And the standard of my play here is left of that flag. Right. Here we go. My best friend, my pitching wedge. Left of the pin. That bush will be a nice one. I’ll take that. Even though single handicapper, I’ll take it all day long. It’s a weakness of my game. That’s a nicer one. That should be all right. Might check that. Yep. Take that. Like I said, there’d be people in 56 at that pin. I don’t want to short sword myself. And I’ll show you that in a bit. Right. This is the eight time. To be fair, this has been kicking me ass. That is my favorite club. I told you to get a favorite club. One you’re gonna love. This is unexpected. This could be having a fur right chip and run. Not bad at all. Something I don’t use, but I’m not duffing it, am I? I don’t think you can duff it. Again, with these wedges, you can definitely duff it. And I can see straight away where you don’t want a short side yourself. And I’ll show you that next. Not with this one. I’m going to put this one on the green. Nice and easy. Bump and run. Oh, that’s a cracker. That one. It’s held up. I’ll take them all day. Really will. I’m going to get up and down from all of them. But let me show you what I mean by shortsiding yourself. So, this is what I mean by shortsiding yourself. I’ve got to get it up, down, and stop it behind the bunker. It’s like that. and the greens like that. It’s just not happening. You just can’t get it up and down. Phil Mickelson will do a lot to get it down here. So, you like you’d have to chip it left here. If you go right, it’s still that way. You’ve got more bunker to go over. So, it will leave you a longer pot. So, you would be chipping it here. So, you’re 56 shortsided. And that that was an awesome shot. And I didn’t mean to get it just over. I would try and get it on the flat. But even that what I didn’t give it enough power but landed like wow it’s gone where I would have landed it if we landed on the flat. So this is what I mean shortsided yourself. This is where you can lose loads of shots. So hope you enjoyed the video. There’s a giveaway now. If you have stayed to the last you can have one of these shot scope watches. So I want you to comment shot scope I want your watch. Make subscribe for more and uh enjoy making this cuz I’ve learned something myself. That a tai in could be my new best friend. I’ve been Liam Maroon. You’ll be watching the golf mates and we’ll see you all soon.